Mountain Gorilla

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Mountain Gorilla

• Abbie

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Description of the Mountain Gorilla

• Largest gorilla,
• Short trunk, broad chest
• Nickname/Silver back
• Average height 4 to 6 feet
• Weight 200 to 500 pounds

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Mountain Gorilla appetite

• Bamboo, Vegetables, Vines
• Roots, Leaves, Stems

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Endangered Mountain Gorilla

• Cutting down trees in the mountains of Eastern
  Africa
• Poaching
• Local wars are threats

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Steps taken to protect the Mountain Gorilla

• Africans have put them under the Endangered
  Species Act

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Mountain Gorillas can be found in

• the dense forest ecosystems in the mountains of
  Eastern Africa
• Their habitat is the Virugna Volcanoes of Rwanda,
  Zaire and Uganda